Make serve_header.py listen on localhost and limit its CORS header (#5564)

Without a bind address in serve_header.yml, the server listened on all
interfaces, so any machine on the network could fetch the header and
trigger make runs in the working trees. It now listens on localhost
unless configured otherwise; bind: null restores the old behavior.

The header was also sent with Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, letting
any web page read it. CORS is only needed because Compiler Explorer
downloads #include <https://...> headers in the browser, so the header
now goes only to https://godbolt.org and https://compiler-explorer.com,
configurable with cors_origins.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
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Niels Lohmann
2026-09-24 17:02:39 +02:00
committed by GitHub
parent 918da64657
commit bc066c1838
3 changed files with 33 additions and 6 deletions
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@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ HEADER = 'json.hpp'
DATETIME_FORMAT = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'
# origins whose pages may read the served header from a browser; Compiler
# Explorer downloads #include <https://...> headers client-side
DEFAULT_CORS_ORIGINS = ['https://godbolt.org', 'https://compiler-explorer.com']
JSON_VERSION_RE = re.compile(r'\s*#\s*define\s+NLOHMANN_JSON_VERSION_MAJOR\s+')
class ExitHandler(logging.StreamHandler):
@@ -247,6 +251,8 @@ class WorkTrees(FileSystemEventHandler):
self.observer.join()
class HeaderRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): # lgtm[py/missing-call-to-init]
cors_origins = DEFAULT_CORS_ORIGINS
def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
"""."""
self.worktrees = server.worktrees
@@ -310,8 +316,11 @@ class HeaderRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler): # lgtm[py/missing-call-to-
# set content length
super().send_header('Content-Length', length)
# CORS header
self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
# CORS header; only for the configured origins
origin = self.headers.get('Origin')
if origin in self.cors_origins:
self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', origin)
self.send_header('Vary', 'Origin')
# prevent caching
self.send_header('Cache-Control', 'no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate')
self.send_header('Pragma', 'no-cache')
@@ -383,8 +392,15 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
# find and monitor working trees
worktrees = WorkTrees(config.get('root', '.'))
# start web server
infos = socket.getaddrinfo(config.get('bind', None), config.get('port', 8443),
# origins allowed to read the header from a browser
cors_origins = config.get('cors_origins', DEFAULT_CORS_ORIGINS)
if isinstance(cors_origins, str):
cors_origins = [cors_origins]
HeaderRequestHandler.cors_origins = cors_origins
# start web server; only reachable from this machine unless configured
# otherwise (bind: null listens on all interfaces)
infos = socket.getaddrinfo(config.get('bind', 'localhost'), config.get('port', 8443),
type=socket.SOCK_STREAM, flags=socket.AI_PASSIVE)
DualStackServer.address_family = infos[0][0]
HeaderRequestHandler.protocol_version = 'HTTP/1.0'